Apr 8, 2017

National Tartan Day

The US Senate Resolution on National Tartan
Day was passed on March 20, 1998. Tartan Day is a celebration of
Scottish heritage on 6 April, the date on which the Declaration
of Arbroath was signed in 1320.

It commemorates the
Scottish Declaration of Independence, from which the American
Declaration of Independence was modeled. It also recognizes
achievements of Americans of Scottish descent. National Tartan
Day parades occur in major cities on or around April 6. They
often feature bag-pipe bands playing Scottish music and people
dressed in kilts with tartan patterns that represent their
Scottish clans.